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On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Niti Aayog has launched a platform for women to build their enterprises. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) aims to build an ecosystem where women do not face any gender-related issues. Anna Roy, head of

Susila Cherla I got a call last Sunday evening from my friend, who hesitantly said, ‘Do you know, Mrs. Trivedi quit her job last Friday, two months after giving birth to her second child’. Mrs. Trivedi was a gold medallist

AnitaB.org India, a nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing and technology today announced the top 10 winners of the 7th edition of the Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ) 2017. The winners that were selected from 257 applications received from across India get

BANGALORE, INDIA: AnitaB.org India, the nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in technology said it will be organizing a Career Fair at the Grace Hopper Celebration India (GHCI) 17 conference taking place in Bangalore this week(November 16-17). At

BANGALORE, INDIA: Nasscom Foundation today announced its partnership with American Express to provide free technology education to young girls utilizing the freely available public library space as training centres. The partnership is also aimed to drive social innovation through Nasscom

Anita Borg Institute(ABI) India, a nonprofit organization focused on women advancement in the field of computing and technology has launched 2017 Codeathon.in for women students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) from smaller cities across India. The initiative is

In a bid to ensure better safety for women in the city, the Bangalore Police has launched a free women safety app for women, Suraksha. The safety or panic app, ‘Suraksha’ will help women in distress to alert police for help, as

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Anita Borg Institute India (ABI) today announced the top 10 winners of the 6th edition of the Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ) 2016 at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India (GHCI). The contest is organized along

Soma Tah Witnessing a spurt in the number of women technologists and entrepreneurs across different cities in India, Anita Borg Institute (ABI) has recently started rolling out more local chapters in India to reach out to more women technologists across India. ABI

Tech industry is no longer a male bastion. Women are competing on an equal turf. This could be the reason why a 300-acre tech park is being allotted only for women entrepreneurs in Bengaluru. Karnataka’s first and exclusive women tech

Celebrating the power that womanhood entails, this Women’s day, it’s a small tribute from us to all the most Powerful Women Social Media Influencers on the globe. India is emerging and finding its right place in the global marketplace and

USA: Accenture intends to grow the percentage of women it hires to at least 40 percent worldwide by 2017. Approximately 39 percent of the company’s more than 100,000 new hires were women in the fiscal year 2015, ended August. Gender

BANGALORE, INDIA: Today in India, close to 50% of women drop-out of work before they reach mid-career, many of which are for personal reasons or to start a family. Studies have found that about 90% of them do want to

MUMBAI, INDIA: If all countries made rapid gender equality improvements, women would be able to contribute $12 trillion to the GDP in the next 10 years. According to a new study by McKinsey Global Institute, the contribution is equivalent of

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Anita Borg Institute India announced the 5th edition of the Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ) 2015. WEQ 2015 is a unique business plan contest for women-led startups in technology across India in partnership with the National Science & Technology

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) today opened applications for the scholarships to encourage to increase the participation of women students in computing and IT at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India (GHCI) conference. The student scholarships cover the expenses